The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-16

oIr. Henry watterson Reads the Riot Act to
MIR. Randall-His Home Enemies
III. W. in louisville Courier-Journal
/ have talked with the President fully and
things the Democrats of the West and South
may be sure-the one that he has gone deep into
the study of the tariff and mastered the two
principles of revenue revision and reform; the
other, that he is thoroughly in earnest, and
means every word that he says. see
that Mr. Randall is at considerable pains to de-
nv that he has agreed to anything AT the same
time his organs are exclaimine against the idea
which has existence outside their own i'm ag-
nations, that somebody is purposing to degrade
him The truth is that if Mr. Randall persists
in a refusal to agree to anything proposed by the
President the Speaker of the House, II will DC
he and not they who will become responsible
for the consequences. Assuredly both desire
his operation and support. and, ought &c
add. that both expect it. They have treated
conversations with them he has talked like
Democrat who wanted to do right. There
those who. mindful of his career IN the Forty
eighth and Forty ninth Congresses, have not the
faith in his intentions which the Presi-
dent and Speaker have. But. the apprehension
of these aside, it be confidently stated that Ii
there is any failure to reach harmonious
cluson it will be through fault or lack Of
effort on the part of these two eminent men, the
the leader of the party In the Nation, the
other its leader in Congress
To be sure Mr.. Randall is only man. and il
is admitted even by his friends that he has loss
much of his following. But the Democratic
party, under the leadership of the administra-
tion has great fight before it, and the thorough
union of all its forcess in Congress is greatly to
be desired. No one expects get precisely
what anybody wants All that we may hope for
is bill of honorable COMPROMISES reducing the
tariff and currailing the current revenue to
the needs of the government economically
administered. On that platform, perfected IN
Congress- ought to be able to unite the
party, and on that united party, we can
confidently appeal TO the country in the presi'
dent lection. AS for Mr. Randall. of whom
it has said that she thinks he can dupe ths
Presi, and defy the Speaker" ne must very
shortly ok his political company. for ne can do
neither the one thing nor the other thing. As
simple obstructionist he has reached the end OF
his string. The way to harmonic is to harmon
this point the least said is soonest mended; but
the point itself should be distinctly borne iu
mind.
At last, however, it may be asked, and asked
in reason and not unkndly: Ia Mr. Randall
free AGENT Can he do. as an instrument Of
certain protected industries -, of Penn.
as a Democrat This is at present Chinese
puzzle among the politicians. The country
will have to wait on its solution. and nobody
can solve it except Mr. Randall himself.
Randalrs Home Enemies
Philadelphia Special.
started out full of fight, inst they did before
the Allentown convention, when Commodore
Singerly undertook to commit the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania 20 his thorough going
free-trade doctrine. Singerly is hustler, bold.
impetuous and untiring. Randall is his beie
noir, because he is opposed to the reduction of
the wool duty-Singerly's hobby. What Sing
erly wants is free WOOL so that he can make
greater profit his Jerseys" in the manufacs-
ure of which he Is largely engaged. Randall
stands In the way of his pecuniary interest;
hence these tears.
Although strenuously denied. it is neverthe-
less fact that Sineerlv made rrir to Wash
iugton under an assumed name to induce Car
Isle to put Randall out of the craftsmanship of
the appropriations committee. His hostility TO
Randall is unrelenting, and crops out every
where. He has been the most Jealous and act
i've of all the anti-Randali Democrats here 10
trying to organize the forces To defeat the ex-
Speaker in the next State convention Next
comes the young postmaster, who owes his aD-
pointment to federal position and his influences
in the party to Randall, who concluded 10 set
| up for himself. He has had his henchmen at
work all over town in opposition TO Randall. but
now he declares that he taking part against
him. Some of Collector Cadwaliader's friends
were opposing Randall, but the Collector is now
reported to have said that ne will not go intd
the fight unless Harrity does